Club membership[edit]

2015–16 A-League membership figures


Club

Members



Adelaide United
8,750

Brisbane Roar
5,347

Central Coast Mariners
6,059

Melbourne City
9,548

Melbourne Victory
27,054

Newcastle Jets
9,266

Perth Glory
7,109

Sydney FC
13,154

Wellington Phoenix
5,062

Western Sydney Wanderers
18,361


Total

109,710


Average

10,971

Season 2015/16 thread

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=103028


Season 2013/14 thread

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=82745


Adelaide United: 6,415
Brisbane Roar: 8,100
Central Coast Mariners: 5,960
Melbourne Heart: 7,307
Melbourne Victory: 22,021
Newcastle Jets: 10,115
Perth Glory : 5,000
Sydney FC: 10,658
Wellington Phoenix: 3,500
Western Sydney Wanderers: 16,904

TOTAL: 94,520


http://membership.mhfc.com.au/
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/sydneyfc
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbournevictory
http://adelaidereds.com.au/default.aspx
https://twitter.com/PGFC_CE
http://membership.newcastlejets.com.au/

Season 2014/15

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2236828

Adelaide United: 9,505 (+48%)
Brisbane Roar: 12,113 (+49.5%)
Central Coast Mariners: 6,242 (+4.7%)
Melbourne Heart: 11,759 (61%)
Melbourne Victory: 24,200 (9%)
Newcastle Jets: 10,003 (-1%)
Perth Glory : 6,298 (+14%)
Sydney FC: 11,510 (+8.8%)
Wellington Phoenix: 4,185 (+19.5%)
Western Sydney Wanderers: 18,706 (+10.6%)

TOTAL: 114,521 (+20.48%)


Edited by Joffa: 20/6/2016 06:25:07 PM

really impressed Adelaide united is selling 3 year memberships i wonder how that is selling i know its not original but its a great idea imo, i have a feeling this season membership wise will improve even discounting the extra memberships the Wanderers will have this season


Edited by swarth: 20/6/2016 06:32:52 PM

Good to have this thread back. =d>

If there's any truth to the Cahill rumour, City might have an increase.

Adelaide should certainly have an increase too.

And with WSW playing at Spotless, they'll have a higher capacity.

Should see an increase. Adelaide supporters should still be on a high. Brisbane did a lot better last year. Newcastle have a new promising owner. Perth finished the season strong, have their shit together, resigned Castro, and have signed WA players I think people will want to see. Melbourne City will have higher marquee power this year and will have Fornaroli. Would love to see Fornaroli stay at City for a while, actually help create some identity. Need a club legend.

I expect a rise from adelaide, wsw, perth, newcastle as well as city if cahill and co turn up.

I reckon we may see a slight drop with Victory and Sydney FC unless sydney brings in a bigger marquee. Mariners will also see a drop imo.

The roar are a bit unknown as are phoenix at this stage.

Overall we should see a jump but at this stage its early days.

i cant see much of a drop with Victories membership numbers but i can see a small drop with them, i think Adelaide will have the biggest gain

According to a poster on the CCM forums we're around 2200 after the close of the early bird renewal window - memberships go on sale on the 4th.

For reference, a month after memberships went on sale last season we were on 3173.

Ok so if they get 1000 members in a month then they will be on par with last season.

I reckon they will go back a few thousand.

hopefully not but i think there will be enough gains to offset that if it happens, also if City signs Cahill it will be interesting to see what effect it has on Victory memberships.

i dont know how many extra members the wanderers are allowed but i am guessing around 1 thousand 500 or so

Wouldn't surprise me if we dropped slightly after last year's result, but I reckon we'd still crack 24k.

Only renewing the missus' membership this year. Moving away from the coast so no real point, maybe a distance membership if they have one

We (adelaide) have 4,477 members after just over a month of memberships being on sale. Be interesting to compare to this time last year.

Edited by waggzzz2: 21/6/2016 03:20:15 PM

Not great but I think it's better than same time last year and seems as if other clubs membership runs have started a couple of weeks earlier.

Syd FC 4,903

how long have they been on sale? pretty good start

14th June according to club website. 4,400 are automatic renewal introduced last year.
We need decent recruitment or I think we will be well short of last year.

sadly with sydney fc's year last year you are bound to lose members unless you get a big name player who will drive membership i forgot that a lot of clubs have auto renew, seems like Adelaide are doing well too but they should considering they won everything

still excited for the Wanderers membership to go on sale but obviously we will take longer to put memberships on sale due to our stadium situation

I'd say flat to down (slightly) unless there's a big improvement in marketing, by club:

Adelaide United: - same
Brisbane Roar: - down, fans are really unhappy at the moment
Central Coast Mariners: -same but only just
Melbourne City: - up, slightly
Melbourne Victory: - same
Newcastle Jets: -same
Perth Glory : up slightly
Sydney FC: down
Wellington Phoenix: same
Western Sydney Wanderers: up slightly

But if Victory and Wanderers knock it out of the park then all bets are off, numbers will rise; same with Roar if they do get new (and better) owners then they should rise to 9-10k but until nearer the season start I'd be very cautious on these numbers, its a tough economy as well

Hard to imagine Brisbane being less than last year. But I'm out of the loop there, so the unrest may just be that bad.

Perhaps the FFA will take them back before the season kicks off.

Mv are targeting 28 k members for this season, so new members will get new categories seating whilst old members get + a b or c memberships

Not actually that close myself but various forums you read are not good reading, lots of disillusioned fans threatening not to renew in protest, even the new MD is getting flogged on the club web pages. if nothing changes I think membership will halve again, and if the FFA takes over it'll be just as bad - plenty of resentment towards the FFA's handling of a very poor situation for three years.

SYD FC 5,126

Wanderers just started sending out letters for membership renewal, has every club started selling memberships yet?

Roar haven't, not even renewals. And no communication as to when they go on sale either

thanks that kinda makes sense due to how the ownership with the roar is going right now but some form of communication would be great not exactly an ideal situation

That's pretty much it, if they started selling last month as normal they'd probably get a decent renewal rate despite the latest uncertainty over finances. It's still not exactly clear if Roar are subject to a takeover but assuming they are and the new owners handle the next month well they'll do alright on membership.

That's where Aussie Rules fans differ so much from football fans, they stick with their club/game no matter what. Far too much politics in football instead of putting the game first and foremost.

Yeah right, you can see the Brisbane Lions fans sticking by their club every home game lol

Rare exception to the rule. Essendon for example average over 30k despite barely having a team